CVE-2007-5712

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.

Affected products

Django Project Django: 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, 0.96

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27435
http://secunia.com/advisories/27597
http://secunia.com/advisories/31961
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html

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